North Carolina

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

May 8, 2008

1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

14% Excellent

19% Good

15% Fair

52% Poor

1% Not sure

2* 2008 Presidential General Election Match-Ups

McCain	43%	McCain	48%
Clinton	40%	Obama	45%
Other	14%	Other	5%
Not sure	3%	Not sure	2%

3* Favorable Ratings

	Clinton	Obama	McCain
Very Favorable	17%	37%	18%
Somewhat Favorable	29%	14%	35%
Somewhat Unfavorable	24%	16%	21%
Very Unfavorable	28%	30%	23%
Not sure	2%	2%	3%

4. When thinking about how you will vote in the presidential election, which of the following issues is most important—the economy, the War in Iraq, immigration, national security, health care, Social Security, or government ethics and corruption?

46% Economy

19% War in Iraq

12% Immigration

8% National security

7% Health care

2% Social Security

4% Government ethics and corruption

1% Some other issue

1% Not sure

5* Is it a negative ad when one candidate accurately describes the position of another candidate?

19% Yes

56% No

25% Not sure

6* Do negative campaign advertisements make you more or less likely to vote for the candidate who produced the ad?

11% More likely

59% Less likely

27% No impact

3% Not sure

7* Do negative campaign ads make your friends and family more or less likely to vote for the candidate who produced the ad?

8% More likely

59% Less likely

25% No impact

9% Not sure

8* Currently, there is a federal tax of 18 cents per gallon on gasoline. Proposals have been made for a gas tax holiday that would eliminate the gas tax for the summer. Do you favor or oppose a tax holiday to eliminate the federal gas tax for the summer?

49% Favor

41% Oppose

10% Not sure

9*Does the federal government need more tax revenue to fund important national programs such as highway repairs and health care reform?

31% Yes

54% No

15% Not sure

10* A proposal has been made to increase the capital gains tax from 15% to 28%. Do you favor or oppose increasing the capital gains tax to 28%?

20% Favor

60% Oppose

20% Not sure

11* Generally speaking, do tax increases help the economy, hurt the economy or have no impact on the economy?

12% Help

61% Hurt

17% Neither

10% Not sure

12* Do you own more than $5,000 of stocks, bonds, or mutual funds?

54% Yes

37% No

9% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence